After Desert Storm, the French learned the hard way that Iraq’s air force could still pull off an interception by ARNAUD DELALANDE In April 1992, the U.N. Security Council passed Resolution 688, calling on Baghdad to cease its crackdown on Iraq’s rebellious Shia majority and “ensure that the human... Read more

B-1s, B-2s and B-52s at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on Aug. 10, 2016. Air Force photo This is not something you see every day by JOSEPH TREVITHICK Talk about unusual. On Aug. 10, the U.S. Air Force announced it had sent its B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to join older,... Read more

The tarmac at Sidi Ahmed Air Base, showing off a line of F-5E/F Tiger IIs of No. 15 Squadron, Tunisian air force. TAF release Tiny air force kicked extremists’ asses by TOM COOPER The air wars against Islamist extremists in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan receive reasonable amounts of public attention. On... Read more

Maj. Yohannes Woldemariam proudly posing in front of the first Northrop F-5A delivered to Ethiopia, in 1966. Photo via S.N. A forgotten African war answered the question by TOM COOPER Which is better? The Northrop F-5E Tiger II or the Mikoyan i Gurevich MiG-21? There have been countless discussions of this question and,... Read more

An Emirati AT-802 in Libya. All photos via the author Who’s backing who? by ARNAUD DELALANDE On May 16, 2016, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council expressed their readiness to lift the world body’s arms embargo on Libya in favor of the new Government of National Accord. For one... Read more

Iraqi air force pilot photo via Arnaud Delalande An-32s can now drop bombs by ARNAUD DELALANDE On July 17, 2016, the first photo appeared on social media depicting an Iraqi air force An-32B Cline transport aircraft carrying a bomb on an external pylon. It’s not the first time that transport aircraft... Read more

Stored A-10s at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, or AMARG, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. Photos via the author Old Warthogs should remain flyable by JAMES PERRY STEVENSON The U.S. Marine Corps, tired of waiting for the continuously-delayed F-35B, has gone to the Arizona boneyard to retrieve... Read more

A Comet in 1969. Photo via Wikipedia But the speedy jet suffered tragic accidents by MICHAEL BYRNE On July 27, 1949, the world quite abruptly became a very small place. The new scale, which drew together cities and coastlines that had for millennia existed on basically separate planets, came courtesy... Read more

B-58A Hustler in flight, June 1967. U.S. Air Force photo She was a work of art but nearly obsolete from the start by ROBERT FARLEY In an era of fantastic aircraft, the B-58 Hustler was one of the most visually striking warplanes ever to fly. Its delta wing, giant engines, and remarkable... Read more